Chapter Summaries

After learning that his biological mother had appeared and wanted to take him away, Lu Sheng left the Yuan Devil Sect and traveled to Yan Mountain City to discover her motives. He arrived in the city and sensed several powerful auras resembling his Bloodline Power, but had not yet met their owners.

• Lu Sheng read a letter from Lu Quan'an saying his biological mother had appeared, then decided to travel home and investigate his origins.
• Lu Sheng told Song Zi'an he would leave a Yin Devil to guard the Yuan Devil Sect and set off alone through the night sky.
• Lu Sheng considered the Devil Disaster’s expanding threat and the danger of others discovering that he lacked a Divine Weapon Devil Blade.
• Lu Sheng spotted Duanmu Wan fighting another woman near Rongxin Pass but flew on without stopping.
• Lu Sheng arrived outside Yan Mountain City, entered among the crowd, and followed several powerful auras that resembled his Bloodline Power.
• Lu Sheng resolved to meet the visitors and crush them if they had come with impure intentions.

Lu Sheng returned to the Lu Estate and confronted Yuanguang Che Xing, who claimed he was her son and a descendant of the Yuanguang Family. After bloodline resonance suggested she was telling the truth, Lu Sheng demanded answers before agreeing to go with her, leaving Che Xing unable to explain her role in his birth mother Sun Yan’s death.

• Lu Sheng arrived at the Lu Estate and found Yuanguang Che Xing’s group arguing with Lu Quan'an over their claim that Lu Sheng was her son.
• Lu Sheng entered the reception hall, and Yuanguang Che Xing activated the Yuanguang Family bloodline, causing their bloodlines to resonate.
• Lu Sheng questioned the claim and recognized that Yuanguang Che Xing was likely his biological mother, while Lu Quan'an dismissed the other people in the hall.
• Lu Sheng said he would consider going with Yuanguang Che Xing only if she agreed to three conditions, beginning with an explanation of his birth and Sun Yan’s identity.
• Yuanguang Che Xing struggled to answer after Lu Sheng asked whether she had impersonated his mother, knowing that her secret art had caused Sun Yan’s death.

Lu Sheng rejected the Yuanguang Family after learning that his bloodline had contributed to his adoptive mother Sun Yan’s death, and he easily repelled Yuanguang Shen Ning’s attack. He then told Lu Quan'an that he planned to move the family out of Great Song to escape the escalating Devil Disaster and other threats.

• Yuanguang Shen Ning blamed Lu Sheng’s bloodline for draining Sun Yan’s vitality and attacked him to take him back to the Yuanguang Family.
• Lu Sheng caught Shen Ning’s attack and sent her flying through a wall with a single finger, then ordered the Yuanguang family members to leave.
• Yuanguang Che Xing and her other children departed, while Lu Quan'an worried about the consequences and asked after Lu Sheng’s siblings.
• Lu Sheng reassured Lu Quan'an that Shen Ning would recover and promised to find the family members who were elsewhere.
• Lu Sheng told Lu Quan'an he intended to relocate the family beyond Great Song because the Devil Disaster was worsening and Great Song was becoming its front line.

Yuanguang Rong discussed assigning Juan Huan to Míngdū and set terms for Qin Yu, while Lu Sheng planned to move Great Song’s people to Great Yin. Li Shunxi revealed the future catastrophe caused by the devil army and asked Lu Sheng to help stop it, but Lu Sheng refused and remained committed to leaving.

• Yuanguang Rong proposed putting Juan Huan in charge of Míngdū and said Qin Yu could keep overseeing the Star Tower only if he cut ties with a woman.
• Lu Sheng and Liu Shanzi studied an old map and chose Great Yin as the destination for their migration, with Lu Sheng offering to clear the dangerous route.
• Li Shunxi showed Lu Sheng a blood-mirror image of a black-antlered man whom he identified as the mastermind behind the coming Devil Disaster.
• Li Shunxi explained that he had agreed to work with the Ye Faction and urged Lu Sheng to help defend Great Song, but Lu Sheng refused.
• Li Shunxi said he would accompany Lin Beikai to the Ten Thousand Demons Palace to seek Demon Wisdom Water, while recalling that the journey would fail and lead to Devil Abyss Endshadow.

Li Shunxi told Lu Sheng that he wanted to change the tragedies he had seen, and Lu Sheng questioned the hidden motives behind the Ice Fox King’s refusal to lend Demon Wisdom Water. Lu Sheng then returned to the Devil Abyss seeking the Ancient Devil and Golden Plaza, where the King of Shadows explained the three gates connected to the Human Realm.

• Li Shunxi told Lu Sheng that he planned to visit the Ten Thousand Demons Palace and use his power to prevent future tragedies.
• Lu Sheng pointed out that the Ice Fox King’s long vigil over Northland and refusal to lend Demon Wisdom Water suggested deeper secrets, then secretly placed a protective Yin Crane Net seed inside Li Shunxi.
• Lu Sheng traveled to the Devil Abyss, searched its empty sealed levels for the Ancient Devil, and decided to investigate Golden Plaza.
• Lu Sheng confronted the King of Shadows, who revealed that Golden Plaza was associated with the three gates connecting the Human Realm to other worlds.
• The King of Shadows described the Devil World Gate, the Gate of Pain, and the Gate of Destruction, whose opening could unleash destruction and reshape everything.

Lu Sheng returned to Golden Plaza, absorbed God-Entrusting Power, and encountered a moth-covered attacker and the mysterious Ansha, who explained how to enter the Gate of Pain. Uneasy about the trial and Ansha’s nature, he left the underground passage, while she predicted they would meet again soon.

• Lu Sheng returned to Golden Plaza, found the underground passage unchanged, and absorbed more than fifty units of God-Entrusting Power from the Old Gu tree-root door.
• A moth-covered grotesque man attacked Lu Sheng from behind, but Lu Sheng’s Blood Web crushed him and cut him into pieces.
• Ansha appeared and told Lu Sheng that passing a trial while experiencing pain would allow him to enter the Gate of Pain.
• Lu Sheng declined to undergo the trial and said he planned to leave because the outside world was growing chaotic.
• Ansha asked Lu Sheng to come closer, thanked him, and said they would meet again soon as he departed.

Ansha opened the Gate of Pain and unleashed a monstrous army, while Lu Sheng evacuated the Yuan Devil Sect and continued north toward Great Yin. After getting lost and asking sailors for directions, he reached an estate beside a lighthouse and planned to pay for a place to stay.

• Ansha summoned the Devil World Four Pillars' forces and sent the monsters around Golden Plaza to devour, slaughter, and destroy.
• Lu Sheng returned to the Yuan Devil Sect, where Liu Shanzi organized the disciples' departure, and Lu Sheng packed the Saint Weapon Pool for the journey.
• Lu Sheng's convoy joined the Lu Family of Northland and members of the Red Sun Sect, then traveled toward Great Yin while Lu Sheng cleared the route ahead.
• Lu Sheng became lost near Xuanye Lake, met Old Captain and his granddaughter Bing Duo aboard an icebreaker, and learned where he was.
• Lu Sheng flew on toward Great Yin and landed near a lighthouse estate on Black Cliff, intending to pay for a night's lodging.

Lu Sheng crossed into Great Yin, where he overpowered a family of anomalies and continued gathering information about the unfamiliar martial world. At Su Yue Mountain, he watched groups of pilgrims and noticed a strange character on the plaques worn by one group.

• Lu Sheng entered a manor seeking shelter and discovered that its hosts were anomalies preparing to attack him.
• Lu Sheng defeated the beautiful woman’s attack, forced the three anomalies to cook and prepare travel rations, then left with his lodging and food.
• Lu Sheng flew for five days and nights to Great Yin, learned basic speech from hunters, and went to Su Yue Mountain to learn about the region.
• Lu Sheng observed pilgrims and affluent families visiting the mountain, considering them potential targets.
• Lu Sheng noticed that members of a visiting group wore matching plaques bearing a character he could not recognize.

Lu Sheng explored the region around Su Yue Mountain, learned about Great Yin’s martial ranks and the Chunyang Sect, and decided to enter the sect through its Life Yang Festival. He left overnight for SanGuo Lake, where the festival was being held.

• Lu Sheng watched Wen Qingsu and her companions leave a temple, then saw the Demonic Hand Scholar ambush them and wound Wen Qingsu before escaping.
• Lu Sheng pursued the Demonic Hand Scholar, assessed his fighting style, and questioned him about the region, its factions, and Great Yin’s martial ranks.
• Lu Sheng learned that the Chunyang Sect was part of a powerful nationwide sect and that the Life Yang Festival offered him a chance to join.
• Lu Sheng decided to infiltrate the Chunyang Sect and study Great Yin’s martial system, then traveled overnight toward SanGuo Lake.

Lu Sheng accompanied Wu Quansheng to register at the Chunyang Sect, where Wu’s former companions abandoned him when the Lin Family Third Young Master threatened him. Lu Sheng intervened, and Feng Yuan took the Lin Family party away for investigation.

• Lu Sheng and Wu Quansheng waited in line to register with the Chunyang Sect, and Lu Sheng told Wu that the people taking advantage of his generosity were scamming him.
• The Lin Family Third Young Master confronted Wu Quansheng, and Wu discovered that his supposed friends and supporters had deserted him.
• As a burly man swung a copper staff at Wu, Lu Sheng hurled the attacker into the others and knocked the Lin Family Third Young Master down with them.
• Feng Yuan struck the burly man, declared that no one could cause trouble at the Chunyang Sect, and carried the Lin Family Third Young Master toward the registration point for investigation.

Lu Sheng entered the Chunyang Sect, learned about Great Yin’s powerful cultivation hierarchy, and began its formal training. As Cheng Kongzi taught the Morning Sun One Qi Skill, Lu Sheng detected a change in his energy and began to suspect what the method was truly doing.

• Lu Sheng passed the Chunyang Sect’s selection tests and joined the disciples assigned to study in Meng Hall.
• Over the next month, Lu Sheng learned Great Yin’s writing and history and discovered that its Lords of War and Chaotic Divine Weapons surpassed Weapon Masters.
• Lu Sheng joined Zhong Yuan, Zhang Kairong, and Chen Fengnan for morning class as they began learning the Morning Sun One Qi Skill from Cheng Kongzi.
• Lu Sheng questioned the skill’s claims about absorbing Heaven and Earth Essence Qi and scrutinized Cheng Kongzi’s energy.
• Lu Sheng noticed subtle changes in Cheng Kongzi’s energy and suddenly realized a possible explanation.

Lu Sheng discovered that Chunyang Sect cultivation drew on the vital essence of those around it, and investigated what happened to disciples who failed to develop true qi. After returning to the sect, he began formally cultivating the Morning Sun One Qi Skill and attended morning class the next day.

• Lu Sheng saw golden threads draw aura from the gathered people into a lake above them and realized that the sect’s formation absorbed vital essence.
• Lu Sheng visited the Root-Seeking Hall and saw rejected disciples leave the Dao Palace, while a crying girl was told she could serve as a menial worker and try again later.
• Lu Sheng recognized that true qi was a purer form of inner qi, but that cultivating it required plundering and transforming other people’s vital essence.
• Lu Sheng visited Wu Quansheng and learned that cultivation before developing a sense of qi depleted the body, and that early cultivation required designated sect locations.
• Lu Sheng returned to the Chunyang Sect, began cultivating the Morning Sun One Qi Skill, and joined the next morning’s class.

Lu Sheng mastered the Morning Sun One Qi Skill, confirmed that Great Yin's true qi could power the Modifier, and learned that Great Yin was locked in a centuries-long war against Devil Emperor Vella. After becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, he planned to use Wu Quansheng's abduction as a chance to display his talent and advance within the sect.

• At dawn, Lu Sheng stole nearly all the gathered vital essence during morning practice, cultivated the Morning Sun One Qi Skill, and discovered its true qi nourished the spirit.
• Lu Sheng used the new true qi to modify a martial art, then read that Great Yin was battling Devil Emperor Vella across three fronts while Great Song faced a lesser Devil Disaster.
• Three days later, Lu Sheng, Zhong Yuan, and Zhang Kairong developed qi sense and became Inner Sect Disciples, while Chen Fengnan remained behind.
• Lu Sheng moved to the Inner Sect courtyard, learned the Four Directions Refining Essence Skill, and decided to leave the Chunyang Sect after gathering the information he needed.
• Two injured men told Lu Sheng that the Lin Family had abducted Wu Quansheng and that Wu Quansheng had asked them to find him.
• Lu Sheng decided to rescue Wu Quansheng by displaying his talent through violence, hoping the Chunyang Sect would promote him and send him to a higher-ranking sect.

Lu Sheng stormed the Lin Family estate to demand the Wu Family Kid, easily defeating Lin Hui and accidentally knocking Zhuo Tianyi unconscious with falling rubble. Lin Qi Ya invoked the Moon Shadow Sect’s influence, but an unknown elder arrived and warned Lu Sheng that even Li Chongyang would not speak so arrogantly.

• Lin Qu told Lin Qi Ya that the Wu Family Kid had been captured, and Lin Qi Ya decided to wait and see whether anyone would intervene before dealing with him.
• Lin Hui returned with Zhuo Tianyi, and the family learned that Lin Qu had been beaten after sending Uncle Ming away.
• Servants reported that Lu Sheng had reached the estate and overcome their guards, then a wall collapsed and its rubble knocked Zhuo Tianyi unconscious.
• Lin Hui attacked Lu Sheng with Moon Shadow Black Light, but Lu Sheng kicked through the blade’s opening and sent him crashing into the main hall.
• Lu Sheng demanded that the Lin Family hand over the Wu Family Kid and surrender an arm each, while Lin Qi Ya warned him that Lin Hui and Zhuo Tianyi had powerful sect connections.
• An aged voice called out that even Li Chongyang would not dare speak so boldly in person.

Lu Sheng rescued Wu from the Lin Family, killed Lin Qi Ya and Lin Qu, and defeated Moon Shadow Zhuo Elder when he came to avenge Zhuo Tianyi. Chunyang Sect instructor Fei Kongzi then escorted Lu Sheng toward the sect, revealing that the elders had watched his actions and were reconsidering their evaluation of him.

• Lin Qi Ya identified himself to Moon Shadow Zhuo Elder, who attacked Lu Sheng after finding Zhuo Tianyi buried beneath rubble.
• Lu Sheng shattered Zhuo Elder’s Moonlight Shattering Dragon with a kicked stone and sent him flying, then demanded to know where Wu was being held.
• Lin Xuan pleaded for her father and brother, but Lu Sheng kicked her into the pond, killed Lin Qi Ya, and broke Lin Qu’s spine.
• Fei Kongzi arrived with Discipline Hall stewards and told Lu Sheng that killing commoners could incur a fine, while noting that the Lin Family’s backing by Moon Shadow Sect had made them difficult to oppose.
• Fei Kongzi said the Chunyang Sect had monitored Lu Sheng and that its elders, including the Grand Elder, were reassessing him; he confirmed Wu was safe and escorted Lu Sheng toward the sect.

Lu Sheng received a node quota after the Chunyang Sect elders judged him fit to cultivate at a spiritual-energy gathering point. Meanwhile, the Green Snail Office discovered that the Fei Family disappearance case had started again, and its veiled leader moved to conceal the latest disappearance.

• Yun Hanzhu and the elders discussed Lu Sheng's origins, ruled that he was not a demon spy, and assigned him a node quota alongside Yun Hanzhu's grandson.
• Fei Kongzi explained to Lu Sheng that a node was a spiritual array that greatly increased cultivation speed.
• The Green Snail Office learned that Fei Mingyu had disappeared, and the veiled woman ordered the news sealed and the Fei Family evacuated.
• Lu Sheng said goodbye to Zhong Yuan and Zhang Kairong, received his new residence and supply allotment, and moved into a separate courtyard.

Lu Sheng completed the Four Directions Refining Essence Skill and drew the Chunyang Sect’s attention, then rapidly advanced under personal instruction while exploring how true qi could fuse with his other energies. After three months, he was summoned by the Grand Elder and learned he would compete in the Upper Sect selection in Autumn Moon County.

• Lu Sheng used Deep Blue to raise the Four Directions Refining Essence Skill to the Third Layer, matching Wang Yunlong’s breakthrough and drawing the attention of the Chunyang Sect’s instructors.
• The Chunyang Sect assigned Lu Sheng and Wang Yunlong one-on-one guidance from True Disciples, and Liu Zhicheng taught Lu Sheng combat tactics and the Chunyang Spirit Stabilization Art.
• Lu Sheng cultivated the Chunyang Spirit Stabilization Art to the Third Layer and began treating true qi as a key to combining inner qi, true qi, and devil qi.
• Liu Zhicheng told Lu Sheng that the Grand Elder wanted to see him, and Fei Kongzi revealed that Lu Sheng was chosen to join two others in the Upper Sect selection in Autumn Moon County.

Fei Tianci followed a mysterious knock out of his room and vanished, while Lu Sheng and his companions arrived in Autumn Moon County City, where a series of disappearances might become their selection test. In Great Song, Kafei sought refuge with a powerful being and reported that a human had destroyed the Devil Abyss seal.

• Fei Tianci dreamed of a dark study, then opened his door to an unseen visitor and disappeared into the courtyard.
• Lu Sheng, Wang Yunlong, and Yun Xiufei discussed the Fei Family disappearances and the possibility that investigating them would be their Thousand Sun Sect selection assessment.
• Lu Sheng sensed essence being drawn from the people of Autumn Moon County City and questioned whether Great Yin would be a safe place for his family and sect.
• Kafei appeared in the Sand Waterfall Plains and asked the enormous face beneath the sand for refuge after the Devil Abyss seal was destroyed.
• Kafei told the enormous face that a human who looked like a devil had broken the seal using a secret demonic art and a devil blade fused into his body.

Shangyang Fei received orders to hunt the man who destroyed the Devil Abyss seal, using Kafei’s tracking scale to locate him. Meanwhile, Lu Sheng arrived in the Great Yin Dynasty for testing and learned how bloodlines shaped advancement, leaving him to plan how to demonstrate his abilities.

• The enormous face berated Kafei for failing to prevent the Devil Abyss seal from being broken and ordered Shangyang Fei to capture the culprit.
• Kafei gave Shangyang Fei a portrait of Lu Sheng and a scale that could track the Devil Essence he had left in Lu Sheng.
• Shangyang Fei rejected Kafei’s offer of help, confident that His Majesty’s avatar and her human identity would let her find Lu Sheng safely.
• Lu Sheng, Yun Xiufei, and Wang Yunlong presented their recommendations, entered the testing site, and received rooms.
• Lu Sheng observed other candidates being tested and learned that the assessments measured speed, strength, and vital-essence absorption.
• Lu Sheng concluded that bloodlines allowed people to break through the common physiological limit and planned to display impressive but believable aptitude.

Lu Sheng, Yun Xiufei, and Wang Yunlong took the sect entrance test alongside other recommended candidates. Wang Yunlong earned Grade A marks in strength and speed, while Lu Sheng prepared to reveal impressive but carefully controlled abilities; the chapter ended as he began his strength test.

• Yun Xiufei encouraged Lu Sheng and Wang Yunlong before the test, while a fellow candidate told them about the persistent Zhao Cheng and his sister, Zhao Ting.
• Cheng Ling failed the strength, speed, and aptitude tests after four years of trying, and Wang Yunlong quietly said something to her that shocked her.
• Wang Yunlong scored Grade A in strength and speed but only Grade B in aptitude, then spoke to Cheng Ling again as she watched him with hope.
• Lu Sheng decided to display enough strength and speed to attract the sect's attention without revealing anything abnormal.
• Lu Sheng accepted the testing longsword, paused to consider how much power to show, and prompted the examiner to ask if something was wrong.